ABSTRACT
Table 2.02: Summary Results of General Elections 1832-2005 (GB) Con Con Lab Lab Lib Lib Other Other
Election % MPs1 % MPs % MPs2 % MPs 1832 28.9 147 - - 71.1 408 - - 1835 42.8 238 - - 57.2 317 - - 1837 48.2 284 - - 51.8 271 - - 1841 52.7 326 - - 47.2 229 0.1 - 1847 43.1 285 - - 56.2 267 0.6 1 1852 40.8 290 - - 58.9 261 0.3 - 1857 31.0 222 - - 68.9 329 0.1 - 1859 33.4 245 - - 66.6 306 0.0 - 1865 40.0 244 - - 60.0 311 - - 1868 38.6 234 - - 61.4 321 0.0 - 1874 44.6 319 - - 55.4 232 0.0 - 1880 42.7 214 - - 57.3 337 0.0 - 1885 45.6 233 - - 51.8 319 2.6 17 1886 51.2 376 - - 48.6 192 0.2 1 1892 49.5 292 - - 49.6 272 1.0 5 1895 50.5 392 - - 48.0 176 1.5 1 1900 51.0 383 1.9 2 46.5 182 0.6 2 1906 43.0 141 5.8 29 49.6 396 1.7 3 1910(J) 47.1 253 7.8 40 44.1 273 1.0 3 1910(D) 47.0 254 7.4 42 45.2 271 0.3 2 1918 39.5 359 23.0 57 28.6 163 8.8 27 1922 38.0 334 29.9 142 29.2 115 2.9 12 1923 37.7 248 31.0 191 30.1 158 1.2 6 1924 45.9 400 34.0 151 18.2 40 1.9 12 1929 37.5 250 37.8 287 23.5 59 1.2 7 1931 60.9 512 31.1 52 6.9 36 1.2 3 1935 53.2 419 38.6 154 6.7 21 1.5 9 1945 39.3 202 48.8 393 9.2 12 2.6 21 1950 43.0 288 46.8 315 9.3 9 0.9 1 1951 47.8 312 49.4 295 2.6 6 0.3 0 1955 49.3 335 47.4 277 2.8 6 0.6 0 1959 48.8 353 44.6 258 6.0 6 0.6 1 1964 42.9 292 44.8 317 11.4 9 0.9 0 1966 41.4 242 48.8 364 8.6 12 1.1 0 1970 46.2 322 43.9 288 7.6 6 2.3 2 1974(F) 38.8 297 38.0 301 19.8 14 3.4 11 1974(O) 36.7 277 40.2 319 18.8 13 4.3 14 3.2
Election % MPs1 % MPs % MPs2 % MPs 1983 43.5 397 28.3 209 26.0 23 2.2 4 1987 43.3 376 31.5 229 23.1 22 2.1 6 1992 42.8 336 35.2 271 18.3 20 3.7 7 1997 31.5 165 44.3 418 17.2 46 7.0 12 2001 32.7 166 42.0 412 18.8 52 6.5 11 2005 33.2 198 36.1 355 22.6 62 8.0 13 l. Including Liberal Conservatives, 1847-59; Liberal Unionists, 1886-1910(D); National, National Liberal and
Table 2.05: Party Votes as Percentages of Electorate 1950-2005 (UK & GB) 1950 1951 1955 1959
Party UK GB UK GB UK GB UK GB Conservative 36.5 36.2 39.6 39.5 38.2 37.9 38.9 38.5 Labour 38.7 39.3 40.3 40.8 35.6 36.4 34.5 35.3 Liberal 7.6 7.8 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 4.6 4.7 Others 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.5 Non-voters 16.1 1 15.9 17.4 1 17.4 23.2 23.1 21.3 21.0
1964 1966 1970 1974(F) Party UK GB UK GB UK GB UK GB Conservative 33.4 33.1 31.7 31.5 33.4 33.2 29.9 30.7 Labour 34.0 34.6 36.4 37.2 31.0 31.6 29.3 30.1 Liberal 8.6 8.8 6.5 6.6 5.4 5.5 15.2 15.6 Others 1.0 0.7 1.2 0.8 2.2 1.6 4.4 2.7 Non-voters 23 22.8 24.2 23.9 28.0 28.1 21.2 20.9
1974(O) 1979 1983 1987 Party UK GB UK GB UK GB UK GB Conservative 26.1 26.8 33.3 34.2 30.8 31.6 31.9 32.7 Labour 28.6 29.3 28.1 28.8 20.0 20.6 23.2 23.8 Liberal 2 13.3 13.7 10.5 10.8 18.5 18.9 17.0 17.4 Others 4.8 3.1 4.1 2.4 3.4 1.6 3.2 1.6 Non-voters 27.2 27.0 24.0 23.8 27.3 27.3 24.7 24.5
Party UK GB UK GB UK GB UK GB Conservative 32.6 33.3 21.9 22.5 18.8 19.3 19.9 20.4 Labour 26.7 27.4 30.8 31.7 24.2 24.8 21.6 22.2 Liberal 2 13.9 14.2 12.0 12.3 10.8 11.1 13.5 13.9 Others 4.5 2.9 6.7 5.0 5.6 3.8 6.4 4.9 Non-voters 22.3 22.1 28.6 28.5 40.6 40.9 38.6 38.7 1. Excluding electors in uncontested seats. 2. SDP/Liberal Alliance 1983-87; Liberal Democrat 1992 on.
